New Hampshire
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Indicators of New Hampshire Youth Well-Being (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) According to a new study, New Hampshire youth, ages 13 to 24, are more likely to complete school, be employed, and have lower obesity rates than their peers nationwide but fare worse in national measures of alcohol and substance abuse. This brief, a co-publication… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Demography, Education, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Poverty, Young Adults |
| Help in a Haystack: Youth Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in the North Country A new brief from Nordblom Fellow Meghan Mills at the Carsey Institute finds that youth in New Hampshire's North Country have challenges in accessing support for substance abuse and mental health issues. Mills also finds that the providers face unique challenges… |
New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| New Hampshire Demographic Trends Reflect Impact of the Economic Recession Between July 2008 and July 2009, more people left New Hampshire than moved to it, reversing a trend of domestic migration that had fueled the state's population growth over the past decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data in released March 2010. This fact… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire |
| Out-of-School Time Matters: Activity Involvement and Positive Development among Coos County Youth This brief looks at the connections between how youth spend their free time and positive or negative attitudes about themselves and their future plans. Family studies assistant professor and Carsey faculty fellow Erin Hiley Sharp used data from the Carsey Institute… |
New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Student Discipline in New Hampshire Schools (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) A new analysis of student discipline in New Hampshire schools in the 2007–2008 school year shows that out-of-school suspension rates are higher and statewide expulsion rates are lower than the national average. Schools reporting the highest rates of suspensions and… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Children, Education, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Demographic Trends in the Manchester-Nashua Metropolitan Area In the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, 25 percent of children live below the poverty line, a high rate that is in stark contrast to the state's rate of just 10 percent, one of the nation's lowest. That is the most surprising finding from this new… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, New Hampshire, Poverty |
| New Hampshire Civic Health Index (co-pub with the National Conference on Citizenship) The Carsey Institute is participating in a national study to examine America's civic health. Led by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), America's Civic Health Index is an annual study that measures a wide variety of civic indicators, such as… |
New Hampshire | Civic Engagement, New Hampshire |
| Home Care Workers: Keeping Granite Staters in Their Homes as They Age Using data from the New Hampshire Direct Care Workforce Survey, this brief shows that New Hampshire's demand for home-based care workers outpaces supply because its population is aging at a faster rate than the national average. These workers play a critical… |
New Hampshire | Employment, New Hampshire, Seniors, Wages |
| The State of Working New Hampshire 2009 The issue brief finds that while New Hampshire workers have fared well compared with other New England states, wages have stagnated and full-time workers now form a smaller share of the labor force.
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New Hampshire | Employment, New Hampshire, Wages |
| Stay or Leave Coös County? Parents' Messages Matter When it comes to deciding whether to stay in New Hampshire's rural Coös County or leave for other opportunities, young people are listening to their parents. Surveying 78 percent of all seventh and eleventh graders in public schools in Coös County, researchers… |
New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Family, Migration, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
